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The good news is, the reason it didn’t go up friday, is because I spent all thursday to friday – through the night – getting the book done. It’s now off to the printers where it will hopefully move to the proof stage! I’m still waiting to hear back on whether or not my file layout/type/etc is completely wrong, but here’s hoping…

I like how in this comic all the characters have four fingers instead of three. Like in other comics. Anyway this is an awesome strip. Took me a second to figure out why they all had different expressions in the last panel. Heh heh. Nice going Max.

It’s very rare to see a comic such as this one so perfectly formed in both concept and execution. I love everything here, from the opening puzzle, to the middle reveal, to the end punchline. Great work.

I agree with Kai — excellent progression! And I do love Janet’s expression, although it’s really hard to say if her reaction has to do with:
A. Max doesn’t think her friend’s pretty.
B. Klaus is crushing on her friend.
C. Both are occurring at the same time to her friend’s face.

How I see it is Klaus has a crush on Becky, Janet realizes it, but Becky probably doesn’t because aside from being perfect in scores, she wants everyone to acknowledge that she’s pretty, but with Max stating his opinion of the opposite, that got under her skin which is why she’s reacting to Max instead of Klaus… for now.

Yeah, pretty much dead on, Matthew! Becky is ignoring the fact that Klaus thinks she’s pretty, to focus on Max who says she isn’t. Not because she wants Max to think she is, but because she’s not interested in anything that will deter her from her academic pursuits.

Namely, a boy who thinks she’s pretty.

And while this doesn’t lead in to the “Klaus’s birthday” storyline, it will be touched on when that gets underway.

I like how you show Max’ growing up… he *does* realize what he’s done, namely, spill the secret of Klaus’ crush on Becky (of course, it seems he didn’t know before now, so his blurb is a bit excusable)